KDE Wallet Questions

EldrinSMP

Hello again!

So, one of the only things that I am really annoyed with since I switched over is the implementation and usage of KDE Wallet and how it relates to various programs within the system. I have a password manager that I love (1Password) and use it as my primary vault. I'd like to eschew KDE Wallet but it seems like it's tightly integrated so that if I turn it off, I see the following issues:

1) Wireless WiFi passwords won't save. At all. No matter if I set it to non-encrypted, I still have to enter my password for my router every single time, and it's a VERY secure password.

2) I cannot save passwords in other application with it turned off. Example: I use Vivaldi as my browser. It has the usual sync functionality of a Chromium browser, however, if I turn KDE Wallet off, it will no longer save the sync password, no matter what I do and I have to enter it every time I start a new session. Firefox seems to be the sole exception I have found to this.
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3) I loose functionality of 1Password. I can no longer activate the quick search for logins with the keyboard shortcut and Ii can no longer copy usernames or passwords to the clipboard. This is a core component of most password managers and it boggles my mind that disabling KDE Walled cripples it.

Activating Wallet brings another hassel, as well. Going back to the auto-connect issue with Wi-Fi, it'll save the password, but I still have to enter the password for the particular Wallet on boot for me to connect. I get security, but COME ON, it's my HOME wifi. I have auto-start apps that require internet connection, why do I have to enter a password? This also is counter to KDE Wallet documentation, that pretty much directly state it can be set to auto-login, so long as the password is the same as your login password, but heck if I can figure out how to do it. Then there's the random apps asking to create a new wallet. Why can't it just use the default keyring? I don't want to be juggling 3 or 4 vaults.

So... is this just something Linux does to me that I'm going to have to live with? "Use this password manager or else" type of thing? Can I have my cake and eat it too?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

tiberiy0

EldrinSMP I always turned off this function at the first setup, I got tired of constantly entering passwords, disconnect the wallet, delete the WI-fi network and try to connect in a new way, it helped me.

alfisya

Another RTFM answer : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/KDE_Wallet#Unlock_KDE_Wallet_automatically_on_login . Archwiki is great resource for troubleshooting. The instsruction probably works on Solus too. I am not using Plasma, so I can't help much. Cheers!

EldrinSMP

alfisya I found that earlier and tried it. Still had the annoyances I mentioned when I turned it off. Interestingly enough, since I made this post I reactivated Wallet, deleted all the wallets, and created a new one but this time I generated a GPG key and used it instead of blowfish for encryption. I entered the password once, and haven't had a single prompt since. Everything is being saved like it should, logging in automatically, etc. I've even rebooted, logged off,etc. a few times to try to force it to reauthenticate, and nothing. I'm going to laugh my butt off it that was all I had to do.